Hanger for garments



May 3, 1955 H. D. EVANS HANGER FOR GARMENTS Filed July 9, 1951 INVENTOR. Ham/d 0. 51/4/75 rron/v5 United States Patent HANGER FOR GARMENTS Harold D. Evans, Kansas City, Mo.

Application July 9, 1951, Serial No. 235,810

1 Claim. (Cl. 211-104) This invention relates to devices for facilitating the hanging of garments particularly trousers upon a wall or the like and has for its primary object the provision of a pivotally mounted frame adapted to loosely receive a plurality of individual garment receiving members and having means in the frame mounting for positively holding the members against displacement when the frame is swung to a position adjacent the wall.

Another object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive, neat and attractive garment hanger adapted to receive a large number of trousers or the like without consuming an appreciable amount of space and capable of preventing slippage of the trousers themselves as well as the individual members upon which the same are mounted when the assembly is swung against the wall upon which it is hung.

This is a continuation in part of my co-pending applications, Serial No. 113,600, filed September 1, 1949, and entitled Garment Hanger," now Patent No. 2,582,320, dated January 15, 1952, and Serial No. 139,285, filed January 18, 1950, which became U. S. Patent 2,645,355 on July 14, 1953, entitled Garment Support, one of the objects hereof accordingly being to improve upon the disclosures of said applications.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a top perspective view of one form of hanger for garments made according to the present invention showing the same in a substantially horizontal position detached from a wall or the like normally mounting the same.

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of the form illustrated in Fig. 1, parts being broken away and in section for clearness.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line III-III of Fig. l but showing the device swung to a substantially vertical position.

Fig. '4 is an enlarged, fragmentary, detailed, perspective view of one of the garment receiving members entirely removed from the frame therefor.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary, enlarged, detailed, crosssectional view taken on line VV of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a top perspective view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating a modified form of hanger for garments made according to the present invention; and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary, edge elevational view of the hanger illustrated in Fig. 6.

The hanger for garments illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, includes a U-shaped frame broadly designated by the numeral 10 having an elongated, flat panel 12 forming the bight thereof and a pair of identical triangular-shaped legs 14.

Legs 14 are each provided with a flat edge 16 and the panel 12 is secured directly to such edges 16 at one end thereof by means of suitable fastening elements 18.

A support broadly designated by the numeral 20, is provided for the frame 10 adapting the hanger for mounting upon a vertical Wall 22 or the like through the medium of screws, nails or hooks 24. Support com- I have a stretch 108 at the lowermost end thereof.

Patented May 3, 1955 ice prises a pair of identical, substantially J-shaped, normally vertical elements 26, each having a relatively long leg 28 that is in turn provided with a hook 30 at the uppermost end thereof for receiving fastening means 24. Each element 28 has a shorter leg 32 connected with the leg 28 by means of a substantially horizontal, integral stretch 34. The normally uppermost end of the short legs 32 is turned laterally as at 36 and extends through the corresponding leg 14 for pivotally securing the frame 10 to the bracket 20. A clearance slot 38 extending transversely of the panel 12 is provided for each leg 28 respectively.

The flat edges 16 of the legs 14 extending beyond the panel 12 are adapted to receive a plurality of elongated garment receiving members 40 that are preferably circular in cross-section throughout substantially the entire length thereof and provided with a small polygonal block 42 at each end respectively thereof.

The overall length of the rod-like members 40 is substantially the same as the distance between the outermost faces of the legs 14. Each end respectively of each member 40 is notched, presenting a semi-circular portion 44 that normally rests directly upon the corresponding edge 16 of the legs 14.

Block 42 is provided with a semi-circular notch 46 that receives the portion 44. The members 40 are adapted particularly for receiving a pair of trousers in looped relationship thereto and accordingly is cutaway as at 48 intermediate the ends thereof and on opposite faces to accommodate the seams of the trousers. Each leg 14 respectively is provided with a small button 50 on edge 16 thereof remote from the panel 12 to prevent accidental displacement of the members 40 from the legs 14. The long legs 28 of elements 26 are offset as at 52 for facilitating the insertion and removal of the members 40 when the assembly is in the position shown by Fig. 3. A pair of rollers 54, rotatably mounted on the bights of U-shaped fixtures 55 which in turn extend into the rearmost horizontal edge of the panel 12, roll along the wall 22 as the frame 10 is swung alternately to the positions illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.

As illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawing, the pintles 36 are each provided with an annular groove 37 for receiving one end of a pin 39 extending into the leg 14 from the lowermost edge thereof, thereby holding the pintles 36 in place.

The modification illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawing is substantially the same as above identified in that a frame is provided corresponding substantially to the frame 10 with the exception that bight 102 is not slotted.

Means for hanging the frame 100 includes a U-shaped wire-like support 104 having a pair of normally vertical elements 106 forming the legs thereof, which in turn A pintle 110 on each end respectively of the stretch 108 corresponds to the pintle 36 and is pivotally mounted in bearing 112 (Fig. 7) on the lowermost face of each leg 114 respectively forming a part of the frame 100.

It is seen that the support 104 completely embraces the frame 100 and that the extent of downward movement of the latter is limited by stop 116 provided for each element 106 respectively.

Garment receiving members 118 are similar to members 40 except that semi-circular portions 120 corresponding to portions 44, extend beyond blocks 122 and even beyond the outermost edges of the legs 114.

When the hanger illustrated by Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive is in the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the edges 16 are substantially horizontal and the extent of downward movement thereof is determined by the rearmost end of slots 38 bearing against vertical elements 26. Members 40 all rest loosely upon the edges 16 and may be placed in use by draping of a garment thereover as is quite customary. When the frame is swung to the position illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing, the members 40, whether or not they all contain a garment, will be disposed in superimposed relationship upon the bight or panel 12 and the blocks 42 will all bear against the elements 26, or stated another way, be pocketed between the elements 28 and the corresponding edges 16. The members may be removed or replaced while the legs 14 are extending upwardly as shown in .Fig. 3 without interference by the stops because of the otlsctting 52 in elements 26.

In the form shown by Fig. 6 of the drawing, the elements 166 are disposed on the outer edges of the legs 114 instead of along the inner edges as in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive and by virtue of the extension of semi circular portions beyond the outer edges of. legs 114, the same will come into contact with the elements 166 when the frame 100 is swung to a vertical position opposite to that illustrated in Fig. 6.

Rollers 154 carried by fixtures 155 secured to bight 102 perform the same function as rollers 54.

It is now apparent that the means for retaining the individual member 40 or 118 in place as illustrated by the two forms hereinabove described, is fully efiective and simplified over the structures forming the subject matter of my copending applications, and while additional changes may be made, it is manifest that such changes and modifications as fairly come within the spirit of this invention, are contemplated hereby.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

A garment hanger comprising a support adapted for pivotal attachment on a vertical wall and including a pair of spaced, outwardly extending, elongated elements; a U-shaped frame having a bight and a pair of spaced legs; means pivotally attaching each of said legs intermediate the ends thereof to one of said elements at the outermost end of the latter for swinging movement of said frame toward and away from the elements, the latter and said frame being swingable toward and away from the wall as the frame is swung relative to the elements, said bight being slidably cngageable with the wall as the frame and the elements swing; stop means on the bight engageable with each of said elements for limiting the extent of swinging movement of the frame away from said elements and a plurality of garment-receiving members loosely carried by the legs, said members being superimposed upon said bight and engageable with said elements when the frame is swung toward the elements, said stop means comprising the provision of a clearance slot in said bight for each element respectively, the latter being pivotally attached to the legs beneath said bight and engageable therewith within the slot as the frame is swung away from the elements.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 813,239 Rosenberg Feb. 20, 1906 986,788 Wilson Mar. 14, 1911 1,000,896 Cohen Aug. 15, 1911 1,264,864 Roth Apr. 30, 1918 1,341,654 Lincoln June 1, 1920 1,639,021 Batts Aug. 16, 1927 2,582,320 Evans Jan. 15, 1952 2,645,355 Evans July 14, 1953 

